Gender Trends in Authorship in Psychiatry Journals From 2008 to 2018
Gender Trends in Authorship in Psychiatry Journals From 2008 to 2018
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DOI：
10.1016/j.biopsych.2019.02.010
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发表时间：
2019-10-15
影响因子：
10.6
通讯作者：
Perlis, Roy H.
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作者：
Hart, Kamber L.;Frangou, Sophia;Perlis, Roy H.
背景：目前女性在精神病学学术领域的代表性不足。由于出版活动反映了学术界的领导和参与，我们通过对精神病学期刊进行大规模文献计量学研究，研究了女性作者身份的时间趋势。方法：我们检查了女性在第一、最后和总体作者位置的比例随时间的变化；期刊影响因子与编委会构成的关系；以及2008年1月至2018年5月期间在24家影响力最高的精神病学期刊上发表的原创研究文章向高级作者身份过渡的比率。结果：在30,934篇文章中，女性占所有作者的比例在2008年为40.0%，在2018年为44.8%，女性作为第一作者的比例显著增加（2008年：43.5%，2018年：49.5%;B = 0.64, p = 0.002），随着时间的推移，女性作为最后作者的比例显著增加（2008年：30.0%，2018年：35.7%;B = 0.64, p = 1 × 10(-5)）。以女性为最后作者的文章比以男性为最后作者的文章更可能以女性为第一作者(chi(2)（1) = 126.1, p < 2.2 x 10(-16)）。女性转换到最后一个作者位置的速度较慢（log rank p = 2 × 10(-16)）；男性到10%的转变时间是5年，女性是9年。结论：这些结果表明精神病学期刊中女性作者的代表性持续改善，导致第一作者接近平等。然而，向高级作者职位过渡的速度较慢，以及女性作为高级作者的比例持续不足，表明在实现学术领导中的性别平等方面仍存在挑战。按照目前最后作者的变化速度（每年增加0.64%），女性将在大约20至25年内实现高级作者的平等。
BACKGROUND: Women are currently underrepresented in academic psychiatry. As publication activity reflects both leadership and participation in academia, we examined temporal trends in women's authorship by conducting a large-scale bibliometric study of psychiatry journals.METHODS: We examined changes in proportions of women in the first, last, and overall authorship positions over time; relationship to journal impact factor and editorial board makeup; and rates of transition to senior author status using original research articles published in the 24 highest-impact psychiatry journals between January 2008 and May 2018.RESULTS: In 30,934 articles, women represented 40.0% of all authors in 2008 and 44.8% in 2018, with a significant increase in the percentage of women as first authors (2008: 43.5%, 2018: 49.5%; B = 0.64, p = .002) and last authors over time (2008: 30.0%, 2018: 35.7%; B = 0.64, p = 1 x 10(-5)). Articles with women as last authors were significantly more likely than those with men as last authors to have a woman as first author (chi(2)(1) = 126.1, p < 2.2 x 10(-16)). Women exhibited slower rates of transition to the last author position (log rank p = 2 x 10(-16)); time to 10% transition was 5 years for men and 9 years for women.CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate continued improvement in the representation of women authors in psychiatry journals, resulting in near parity in first authors. However, slower rates of transition to the senior author position and continued underrepresentation of women as senior authors suggest ongoing challenges in achieving gender parity in academic leadership. At the present rate of change for last authors (0.64% increase per year), women would achieve parity in senior authorship in similar to 20 to 25 years.